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Beekeepers facing setbacks as travel restrictions delay temporary foreign workers
Travel bans, restrictions and flight cancellations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are making it difficult for beekeepers and other agricultural operations to bring their temporary foreign workers in....
Apr 20, 2020 Moondance Honey Inc. / Facebook

Nova Scotia massacre and COVID Commons wrangle; In The News for April 20
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 20 ... &nb...
Apr 20, 2020

Lack of deal sets stage for House of Commons to re-open today amid COVID-19
OTTAWA - The House of Commons is poised to re-open today despite the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to an impasse between the four main political parties. The Liberals announced Sunday that they had an agre...
Apr 20, 2020

Former ambassador and public servant Allan Gotlieb dies at 92 in Toronto
TORONTO - Allan Gotlieb, a long-time public servant who was Canada's ambassador to the United States during the Regan administration, has died. He was 92. A death notice says Gotlieb died of canc...
Apr 19, 2020

Elba and wife, recovering from coronavirus, to help others
Even though they only had mild symptoms, Idris Elba says he and his wife had their lives "turned around" after contracting the coronavirus, calling the experience "definitely scary and unsettling and ...
Apr 19, 2020

Babyface-Teddy Riley battle fizzles on Instagram Live
NEW YORK - The much-hyped battle between Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and Teddy Riley was derailed by audio issues, forcing the R&B producers to postpone the Instagram Live event. More than 400,000 tu...
Apr 19, 2020

Gunman kills 16 in Nova Scotia rampage, deadliest in Canadian history
PORTAPIQUE, N.S. - RCMP say 17 people are dead, including one of their officers, after a man who at one point wore a police uniform and drove a mock-up cruiser went on a rampage across northern Nova S...
Apr 19, 2020 (The Canadian Press/Tim Krochak)

Sixth resident of McLennan care home dies from COVID-19
UPDATE (5:00 p.m. April 19): The reported fatality in the North Zone Sunday was a male in his 90's from the Manoir du Lac continuing care home in McLennan. He is the sixth resident at that facility to...
Apr 19, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta

Deaths toll rises at largest N.S. non-profit nursing home on 'devastating' day
HALIFAX - The largest non-profit nursing home in Nova Scotia is reporting two more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total to five in two days, amidst what the premier described as "a devas...
Apr 19, 2020

Feds increase scrutiny of foreign takeovers to protect firms hit by pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is taking steps to protect Canada and Canadian businesses by tightening the rules around foreign takeovers of as the COVID-19 pandemic batters businesses of all...
Apr 19, 2020